I second what Gary just said. You can find it for fairly cheap too. On Tue, Nov 18, 2014 at 2:27 PM, <aflyt...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Chuck > Get a copy of A.K. Best's book DYING & BLEACHING Natural fly-tying > materials. Feathers and cotton do not dye the same way. Best has full > instructions and will take you through it step by step. > Gary s > > ------------------------------ > Folks: Can anybody give me the “secret” to dying feathers (and/or > fabric) with Rit dye?? What happened is that my son had some dark purple > demin material he wanted dyed black. He added TWO boxes of Rit dye to the > three gallons or so of water as he had four yards of material to dye. Adde > the salt but not the vinegar as it said to only use the vinegar with salt > if the material is silk or wool and not cotton. Brought the water to a > boil, then let it soak all day. Still just came out a darker purple and NIT > jet black like the dye is. > > Now is my problem in that. He saved the water as I have a ton of grizzly > feathers, but hardly any black, so I was just going to sye a grizzly neck > in that same dye water mix after he finished. But I don’t want the grizzly > to go from black and white, to purple ad white. Any tips?? Should I add > vinegar?? Thanks, Chuck > > > > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" > group. > > To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en > > VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VFB Mail" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VFB Mail" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vfb-mail+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
